Family Islands Lullaby
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Family Islands Lullaby Lyrics. An original lullaby inspired by the Family Islands, the Bahamas’ quieter Out Islands, home to rake and scrape folk music and close-knit fishing communities. Rake and scrape gets its name from its most distinctive instrument: a simple handsaw, its blade scraped rhythmically with a screwdriver or knife, played alongside accordion and goatskin drum, a sound that developed on islands like Cat Island and Andros with little outside influence for generations. Here you will find the lyrics, meaning, and chords.
Lyrics & chords
An original arrangement, with guitar & piano chords above each line.
Verse
What the words mean
Chords — guitar & piano
What “Family Islands Lullaby” Means
The Family Islands, the Bahamas’ quieter Out Islands beyond Nassau, keep alive rake and scrape, a folk music style played on saw, goatskin drum, and accordion, alongside close-knit fishing communities. This original lullaby draws on those folk-music and fishing-dock images of Family Islands life.
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- An original lullaby by Relax In No Time, inspired by the musical traditions of its region. The words, melody, arrangement and recording are ours.
- Recording and arrangement: real instruments played by hand, no AI music, by Relax In No Time.
- Chords: written by us for guitar and piano.
- Translation: our own meaning-for-meaning translation, written for understanding. The sung words stay in the original language.
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